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Input Device

Supplemental Drive

General

Style

Standard

Type

Mainstream

Usage

Consumer

Power

Battery

4-cell, Li-Cylinder battery

Battery Life

Up to 4 hour(s)

Physical Specifications

Dimensions (W x D x H)

16.3" x 10.6" x 1.24"

Weight

6.4lbs

Quick Info

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Rating: 4/5Good Laptop

Pros: Very good computer for the money, CPU is really fast and the graphics card will get the job done well enough for any 3D programs you might need to run (obviously not on max settings, but it will get it done).

Cons: Only thing I don't like is that the Lenovo battery monitoring software is constantly telling me that the charger is underpowered and I need to buy a new one, which at one point even made it so I couldn't charge the batter. However simply uninstalling that and using the default Windows battery options made it work perfectly fine. (only reason I didn't give 5 eggs)

Other Thoughts: If you are willing to mess with the battery charger a little bit, this is a great laptop, especially considering it is only $800.

Rating: 4/5Very well built

Pros: Overall very pleased with this product. Had exactly what I was looking for (spech wise) at a reasonable price. I hate the Windows 8 UI with a passion, but Classic Shell took care of that.

Cons: As others have pointed out, the system takes issue with the external battery. However, the battery does charge the laptop and no problems have arisen so far. This could just be a bug.

Other Thoughts: I'm looking into adding an SSD-HDD combo to this machine, but Im waiting for some brave souls to try this out before I do anything. The BIOS of the previous version of this laptop gave problems when attempting this.

Rating: 4/5Correction

Other Thoughts: I just wanted to correct my previous statement about this machine not having a backlit keyboard. It was not obvious how to toggle the keyboard backlight, and I actually read the manual in the hope to find the answer but it was not there. I later discovered an orange marking on the spacebar that represented the backlight. When one hold the FN key and strike the spacebar the backlight comes on.Makes me much happier about this machine.

Rating: 4/5Fast, But Lies about Backlit Keyboard

Pros: Fast - Dat i7 and 1600 RAMBig - Had to buy a new case, but I like the SizeSturdy - Doesn't bend or anythingGood cooling - Ran for 5 hrs, and still under 60 CelsiusBattery life - surprisingly good for an i7 and a mechanical HD

Cons: No backlit keyboard...the only keys that light up are the Caps Lock and Num Lock.....Come on Lenovo. -1 egg

Other Thoughts: This was a great value at just $799. Is advertised as having a backlit keyboard but it does not and that was very disappointing to me. It is a big and heavy beast, but I purchased knowing this as performance for the dollar was more important to me than portability. Purchase a 240gb SSD for $100 and installed it directly, and after figuring out how to enter the BIOS to disable UEFI installing Win7 Pro 64 bit went ok with most of Lenovo's drivers, but their touchpad driver is defective and they do not provide a driver for the WiFi, USB 3.0, and an ACPI device... but after some dogging all was sorted out and with the SSD this is a very fast machine. But I am still disappointed about the falsely advertised keyboard not being backlit so I knocked off one egg. Not a laptop for travel, but a desktop replacement for an apartment dweller for sure.

Other Thoughts: AC Adapter that ships with it is 90 Watt and is the wrong adapter. Constant message pops up stating Low Power Consumption. Use of the power supply will affect system performance. Very poor quality control.

3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
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